Even Here, Even Now: A Needy Podcast with Mara Glatzel

Send Mara a quick text love note here!Today’s episode features Michelle Ward, the When I Grow Up Coach! Michelle has been offering dream business guidance for creative women since 2008. You may have seen or heard her in New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, Etsy, Newsweek, Freelancers Union, USA Today, the Forbes Top 100 Websites for your Career List or 150+ other media outlets. She’s the co-author of The Declaration of You, which was published by North Light Books, and the teacher of Create Your Dream Career and Ditch Your Day Job, which were watched by tens of thousands of people live on CreativeLive. When she’s not coaching, teaching or speaking, she can be found building a fort for her little girl, sitcom-binging with her husband, or belting out show tunes.  One of the things that I have always adored about Michelle is how direct she is with her advice. In today’s episode, she reminds us that we may need to say no to in order to say YES to ourselves and to our dreams in a way that feels both encouraging and spectacularly doable. Michelle shares about how her self-care has evolved through creating her business, getting married, adopting her daughter, and surviving breast cancer, twice.Tune in to hear us explore…Caring for yourself while you are in transition, instead of pushing it aside until you “get there”Eliminating things from your life that you don’t want to to do create space for the things you DO want to do (and how to say no – eep!)Being really honest with ourselves about our actual capacity while chasing our dreamsNourishing creative habits as a form of self-careLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!Recently a listener wrote in and asked, How do you keep moving forward in your business when your heart is breaking, your life is chaos, you feel like a fraud and failure, and you just want to quit? Like, what’s the best self-care move? Do you set it aside for a season and rest, or do you keep taking small steps? How do you work on being kind to yourself when you’re so confused you literally don’t know what you want? Whoooooboy. Yep. I’ve been there! Today’s episode is about how you can support yourself in doing your best work through thick and thin, because the truth is, thin times can really knock you off your game.Tune in to hear me explore…Shoring up your foundation of self-care with these basicsTending to yourself by managing your expectationsDisentangling ideas of readiness and perfectionWhat it really means to show up messy – and why it’s worth itLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!Today you are in for a special treat – a doubleheader of episodes featuring Dyana Valentine!Dyana is an oracle. She started doing Woke Up Knowing™ experiences in 2011 when she had a waking vision of being in a bed in an ancient castle with people sitting around her bed waiting to hear a dream she had. Years later, she has dreamt in several countries, in languages she doesn’t speak, for seekers, artists, scientists, and humanitarians. Dyana’s work is powerful, agitating, and deep. Over the time that I have known her, I have been inspired again and again by the dedication that she pours into her work and the people it is of service to. Today’s episodes feature a duo of interviews. First, I interview Dyana about self-trust, honoring the indicators that have paved the portal for her work as an oracle, and meeting her needs for racial justice. In the second episode, Dyana interviews me, asking me questions about race, sex, and money.Hear Dyana Ask Me AboutMy relationship with the activated process of breaking cycles of racial injusticeIntegrity – and questioning what I think I know as I work through layers of White Supremacy in my understanding of the world around meMeeting my need for sex – and how sometimes I’ve used food to hide out from meeting this needMy relationship with money and the story behind how we bought our homeLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!Dyana is an oracle. She started doing Woke Up Knowing™ experiences in 2011 when she had a waking vision of being in a bed in an ancient castle with people sitting around her bed waiting to hear a dream she had. Years later, she has dreamt in several countries, in languages she doesn’t speak, for seekers, artists, scientists, and humanitarians. Dyana’s work is powerful, agitating, and deep. Over the time that I have known her, I have been inspired again and again by the dedication that she pours into her work and the people it is of service to. Today’s episodes feature a duo of interviews. First, I interview Dyana about self-trust, honoring the indicators that have paved the portal for her work as an oracle, and meeting her needs for racial justice. In the second episode, Dyana interviews me, asking me questions about race, sex, and money.Hear Dyana Talk AboutMeeting our needs for justice, integrity, and belongingMoving beyond individual care and Western concepts of self-care to communal careNavel gazing vs. understanding ourselves as a part of the collectivePaving the portal and honoring the work you were meant to do by following the indicators guiding your waySecondary gain and the ways that we subconsciously deceive ourselves when trying to get our needs metLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!How you determine when you’ve done enough? Are you waiting for the faceless nameless chorus in your head to tell you that you are allowed to rest? Are you waiting for your partner or your boss to validate your efforts? Today’s episode is about reclaiming your power in determining for YOURSELF when enough is enough, so that you can stop running yourself ragged and start using your time more intentionally. Tune in to hear my best tools for reminding myself that I am enough and planning my schedule accordingly.Tune in to hear me explore…the truth that while you can do ANYTHING, you cannot do everythinghow to prioritize the things you most want to accomplish (and how to figure out what they are to begin with)creating to do lists that real, live humans can accomplishthe value in uni-tasking vs. multi-taskingbringing intentionality to your work/play balanceLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!Today’s episode features the creator and brilliant heart behind Wild Soul Movement, Elizabeth DiAlto. During our time together Elizabeth shares her best self-care tools for connecting with yourself in a space beyond judgment, comparison, and self-punishment. From morning rituals to daily energy cleanses that help highly sensitive humans cultivate resiliency, this episode will resource you with tangible techniques for taking stellar care of yourself.Tune in to hear us explore…Why we experience resistance to getting out of our heads and into our bodies – and what to do about itHow we can revamp our relationship with exercise and moving your body on your own termsCultivating resiliency as a highly sensitive human beingCreating a daily practice for letting go of other people’s energy that you’re carryingFinding that sweet spot between holding ourselves to our promises with gentle discipline and without self-judgment or punishmentResources that Elizabeth references during our conversation…Jen BlackstockVoxerEasy energy hygiene & a 9-minute morning ritualWild Soul MovementHang with Elizabeth on InstagramListen to her podcast, Truth Telling With Elizabeth DiAltoLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!Tending to your needs requires knowing what you need to begin with, but so many of us are moving through our lives without feeling connected with ourselves. Today's podcast explores the many ways that you can begin fostering a deeper, more confident relationship with yourself each day. By meeting your body's needs consistently and creating boundaries with technology, you are able to find YOUR voice beneath the many (many) voices vying for your attention each day. Ask yourself: What makes me feel seen and heard? Do that. Start there. Tune in to hear me explore…Physical, mental, and emotional conditions for hearing your inner voiceDisconnecting from your devices to reconnect with yourselfFinding your voice underneath the many (many) voices in your lifeGathering data about how you like to be seen and heard – and putting it to useLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!Rosie Molinary is a radical self-acceptance champion. She is the author of Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self Acceptance and Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina.I have been inspired by Rosie’s work for over ten years and I am incredibly excited to share her brilliance with all of you. In today’s episode Rosie shares how our relationship with ourselves can get in the way of us living our purpose – and how to course correct this by creating self-care rooted in giving ourselves what we need.Rosie urges us to ask ourselves: "What do I need right now that I can provide for myself?"Tune into this conversation to hear us talk aboutShifting your mindset from “everything is a judgement of me” to “everything is information”Creating your unique wellness prescriptionBringing self-care to your tiniest momentsLaying off your inner critic and how to have a growth mindset that isn’t rooted in criticismLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!Self-trust is an essential element to a building a life that you feel grounded and safe in. This episode teaches you how to rebuild self-trust through consistent, terrifically imperfect action. You don't have to do everything "right" in order to know that you have your own back, because your relationship with yourself requires presence not perfection. Listen in to hear me turn conventional self-help advice on its head to help you create a more trustworthy relationship with yourself right this second.  Tune in to hear me explore…Why building self-trust and having your own back is so incredibly importantHow caring for yourself helps rebuild self-trustHanging out in the grey zone black and white, all or nothing thinkingManaging your expectations to create a sustainable relationship with bodyLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!Anna Guest-Jelley is the founder of Curvy Yoga, an online yoga studio and teacher training center that helps people of all shapes and sizes find true acceptance and freedom, both on and off the mat. She is the author of Curvy Yoga: Love Yourself & Your Body a Little More Each Day and the co-editor of Yoga and Body Image: 25 Personal Stories About Beauty, Bravery & Loving Your Body.   I have been lucky to have known Anna since the very inception of Curvy Yoga, and I never cease to be inspired by her gentle, kind, and deeply powerful approach to accepting the body that you are in right now. In today’s episode Anna touches upon so many of my favorite topics – including how accepting our bodies is not in fact the death sentence so many of us worry that it might be, but instead is a pathway towards greater levels of growth grounded in self-love.Tune into this conversation to hear us talk aboutCaring for the body that you have instead of waiting until your “new body’ shows upLetting go of your magical thinking and surrendering to the present momentFocusing on how your body feels instead of how your body looksUsing your yoga practice as a place to practice body acceptanceHow acceptance is not the same thing as stagnation (at all)Love Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.